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About 200 Slides For Sale..... 8

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Click slide image for more! 1 Glass Slides - What Dear David, Projector? Invaluable information! Thank you for the link to From Roberto celsun.com. Rossi [email protected] I may be mechanically handy, but I know next to Dear David, nothing about electricity. Hello. I am very happy to have located your site! Thank you so much for your thoughtful reply. The one plug on the Beseler runs both the and I’ve been a creator of Toy Theaters for the A cache of glass slides form an art history department the fan, and subbing the LED for the bulb still means past 20 years, and a fan of the analogue visual have come into my possession, and I am keen on finding a way to power the fan - which I assume will spectacle - like the magic lantern. purchasing the right kind of projector for them. still be necessary, even if the LED’s are much cooler. How wonderful to find a kindred community of I was hoping you would be able to help me with enthusiasts online. I think I am going to have to find a smart technician some information, for which I would be very grateful. familiar with these machines to wire the celsun LED unit. I will heed your warning about hot bulbs. You Is the Beseler 3610 the right kind of projector for mention LED or quartz halogen bulbs. Will the If I may impose one more time on your knowledge these kinds of glass slides? Do you know if there are wiring on old machines like the Beseler 3610 be in this field - are there any aficionados in the New other brands of projector that I can look into? I am compatible with such bulbs? York, New England area you know who would have looking for something that would work in the US. To be determined! the experience with such vintage machines to do this wiring? And bulbs....what does one do when a bulb blows? Many thanks again for your guidance. Thank you as ever for your generosity. Are there venues for purchasing replacements? Roberto best, Many thanks for your consideration. The projected Roberto image is wondrous! Dear Roberto Dear Roberto From David Evans No, you would have to fit new wiring. The old is probably Hello Roberto perished and potentially dangerous anyway. Quartz You won’t need a fan with a LED lamp. You can

Halogen lamps can be obtained with 115v filaments, but rest your hand on its housing and it will barely I assume your slides are 3.25” square or 3.25 x 4”. are more efficient if they are the 12 volt or 24 volt varieties. feel warm. All you need do is remove the old lamp That being so there are dozens of kinds of magic They would need a suitable transformer to operate. holder and old wiring completely. The LED lamp lantern that can show them. I suggest you have a will come with a lead with a plug on it that goes look on eBay and search ‘magic lantern projector’ If you go to www.celsun.com you will find details of the into its power supply and that has a lead to plug into and I am sure many will come up. There are latest LED lamps and power supplies for lanterns. These your mains supply. Nothing else you will need. The plenty of vendors selling projection lamp bulbs are available for 115 volt or 230 volt supplies, come with LED lamp will come with all necessary fittings to also on eBay. Be a bit careful about heat though. everything you need and are not very expensive, Bear in fit on your old lamp mounting. think we do have Some like the one you mention have mind that LED lamps have a very long life compared with members in the New England area, but I am away 1000 Watt or so lamps which will make the slide any other source and they may well last you for a great from home for the next three weeks and will be very hot in just a few minutes. Consider fitting the many years. For a single lantern you would only need a unable to check until we return until we return after projector with either quartz halogen or the new single light unit with no dimming, as you wouldn’t need to that. LED lamps, which will run much cooler. dim a single lantern. It is a British firm, but they can ship

them anywhere. Good luck! Regards

Hope this helps! David David Regards David

2 Long Trail Photographs from University of Vermont Libraries

Great Examples of Hand Colored Lantern Slides Collection Overview The Long Trail Collection includes over 900 images of the oldest long-distance hiking trail in the United States: Vermont’s Long Trail. The collection is mainly comprised of black-and-white and hand-colored lantern slides derived from photographs taken between 1912 and 1937. It documents the Green Mountain Club’s building of original trails and shelters and illustrates the enthusiasm for the Long Trail project (and hiking in general) at the turn of the century. These images chronicle the views and landscapes seen by early hikers of the Long Trail and provide an historical record of people associated with the Green Mountain Club’s formative years.

Dockhams at Dean Cave Miss Cooley

Work party on Mount Wilson continued next page

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Tent in Cooley Glen

Captain Kempie on Couching Lion

Three Musketeers sitting at Hazens Notch

http://cdi.uvm.edu/collections/getCollection. Hiking party camp cooking Drinking on Couching Lion (Camel’s Hump) xql?pid=longtrail&title=Long%20Trail%20Photographs

4 Lantern Slides in Contemporary Art From Dr. Sarah Dellmann The Netherlands | [email protected] As part of the A Million Pictures Project, six students from I’m curious what the members think of the way in the University of the Arts Utrecht (The Netherlands) explore the ways in which lantern slides can be used in contemporary artistic practice. which the students use the material!

The second group decided to construct an installation, inspired by the magic lantern and its ability to tell stories with light. The installation is called “wee kanten van een verhaal”- “Two Sides of the Story”. By means of coloured light projected from back and front, the story of Cinderella is told by making parts of the respective image visible. Depending on the color of light, different stories are told. The images used in the installation are inspired by the aesthetics of lantern slides. In this installation, the magic of magic lantern is translated into 21st century projection . Follow the making-of of the installation in on the project website Toverlantaarn Installatie – Twee kanten van een verhaal > http://toverlantaarninstallatie.blogspot.nl/ (in Dutch, but with videos and images that convey the idea also to those who are not so fluent in Dutch)

One group decided to use magic lantern slides, digitized from the Consult the sites and collection of Utrecht University Museum and EYE Filmmuseum you will see slides in Netherlands for an project, titles “Slide of Life”.The a way you probably story unfolds in the frame of the lantern slides and thus integrates the did not see them materiality of the object with the story of the image. “After seeing before! the beauty of thousands of old magic lantern slides, we believe these pictures need to be seen again. Using our knowledge of modern day technology, we give these slides new life through animation”, so the We would love to get motivation of the project group. your feedback on what Connect to their Facebook-site https://www.facebook.com/Slide-of- you think about this Life-1898307147082381/ and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ use of slides. Leave slide_of_life/ to see the making-of of the film, their take on the archival your comment at the material and to receive updates on their work in progress! respective website or e-mail to Sarah: [email protected]

5 Last Year Oregon Historical Society Used Lantern Slides to Share Their Wonderful Collection in in Shows On June 28, 2016, McMenamins Edgefield, Troutdale, OR

http://orhistory.com/event/a-road-suited-to-the-times-the- columbia-river-highway-at-100-edgefield Join us for a glass lantern slide show celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the building of the Columbia River Highway. Modeled after the great scenic highways in Europe, the Columbia River Highway was officially dedicated in 1916 at two ceremonies commemorating the completion of the highway between Hood River and Portland. Using original hand colored lantern slides from the John Yeon Slide Collection at the Oregon Historical Society – projected using a 1940 Bausch & Lomb projector – OHS Archivist Matthew Cowan and narrator Doug Kenck-Crispin ( orhistory.com) will take a continued next closer look at one of the greatest roadway page projects of modern times.

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Sunday, December 4, 2PM, Hollywood Theatre https://hollywoodtheatre.org A ROAD SUITED TO THE TIMES

A glass lantern slide show celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the building of the Columbia River Highway.

Modeled after the great scenic highways in Europe, the Highway was officially dedicated in 1916. Using original hand- colored lantern slides from the John Yeon Slide Collection at the Oregon Historical Society – projected using a 1940 Bausch & Lomb projector – OHS Archivist Matthew Cowan and narrator Doug Kenck-Crispin will take a closer look at one of the greatest roadway projects of modern times. Glass lantern slides – a descendant of the proto- cinematic magic lanterns of the 19th century - were a common audio visual element up The Hollywood Theatre through the 1930s until is a Portland landmark being displaced, in part, with a national reputation by 16mm motion picture for award-winning film film. programming, innovative educational programs, and This is the site of many providing fiscal support for quality hand colored lantern local filmmakers. slide images

Columbia River Highway, hand colored lantern slide 1926 Hollywood Theatre

http://ohsresearchlibrary.tumblr.com/archive

7 About 200 Slides Gazette Contributions Needed! Contact David at [email protected] if you’re interestedslides. in these

From David Collins [email protected]

Years ago I purchased several boxes of what I believe to be Magic Lantern slides. They are black and white and are photographs I believe. They came from a military collection and depict soldiers and sailors from the World War 1 era. I am trying to determine their value. Can you assist me? f you are doing Isome magic lantern research, please Here are two pictures of my slides. Almost consider submitting an article. If all of them are of a military nature, depicting you have interesting stories to tell scenes from WW1. about finding magic lanterns in antique shops, consider writing From David Evans them up. Long or short articles that Hello David enhance our understanding of magic lanterns are welcome. Profusely Could you send me a few pictures of them illustrated pieces are especially please. There are so many sizes and varieties desirable. of slides that images are the simplest means of identification. Kentwood D. Wells

Thank you for contacting us. Editor, The Magic Lantern Gazette

David Evans [email protected] Secretary-Treasurer Magic Lantern Society of US & Canada

8 For Sale a Magic Lantern From David Evans Missing Some Parts Hi Jen

On the picture of the lantern, it shows the sliding part with the big brass tube facing From: Jennifer King toward the lantern body. This should be [email protected] reversed so that the brass tube faces forward. There would then be a place between the Hello Magic Lantern Society sliding part and the body in which a slide members! carrier would fit. As this slides much further I am trying to sell a magic than most lanterns do, I think this is a lantern for a friend. It comes scientific lantern, in which things other than with a box which identifies it as slides and a carrier could be placed between coming from Sydney Herbert, the body and the front. There should be 22 Milk Street, Boston. The box isn’t another brass tube that would slide inside the in excellent condition, but the magic big tube. This would have a flange into which lantern looks almost new. It has a the projection Darlot Paris , and a really long, large light lens would fit. bulb. The tin cover and the electric parts are Not sure if you missing. It includes a black and white slide have that - I of a Wooly mammoth skeleton. Please let don’t see it in me know if anyone is interested in getting the pictures. more information. I am happy to send photos. The main Thanks so much, Jen King body of the lantern should have a large (condenser) lens fitted into the circular aperture, but I wasn’t sure if there is or not.

Being mahogany and nicely finished, I think this may be dated between 1870 and 1890 rather than later.

Hope this helps a bit! Regards David Secretary-Treasurer Magic Lantern Society of US & Canada

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As Seen On An observation of image posted as late 1800 dated slide

Actual Hand colored slide

Description Vintage magic lantern movie colored glass slide ladies on a swing What a fabulous image? It looks like a group of Ladies went out to lunch and dressed in costumes to pose for this photo. Note difference in Color appears consistent with look of But this is a late 1800’s colored glass slide of coloring actual color transparency, dated circa 1935 the wonderful group of ladies. Sellers lack knowledge about lantern slides A rare slide in wonderful condition would and there is more to dating a slide then by the be the worthy addition, a rare jewel, to any age of the clothing worn in the image. professional collection.

Appox. 3.25”x3.25” Price US $500.00

10 The Archivist’s Nook: A Labor of Love – Lantern Slides of T.V. Powderly

Posted on September 29, 2016 amateur photographer Powderly by Katherine Santa Ana as well as commercially produced images he purchased. As a native A treasure trove of almost 2,000 lantern of Carbondale, Pennsylvania, slides belonging to labor leader Terence Powderly incorporated many Vincent Powderly (1849-1924) resides in images of creeks and mountains our Archive. These transparent glass slides, of the keystone state – as well as also referred to as “magic” lantern slides, the occasional coal mine – into are an eclectic mix of images taken by the collection

http://www.lib.cua.edu/wordpress/newsevents/tag/lantern-slides/ Railroad Train” Lantern Slide #11

Note: How many slides from just one company were available!

11 A Big Thank You to the following: Update of VID Historical Archives David Collins Dr. Sarah Dellmann From Gustav Steensland David Evans [email protected] Jennifer King Roberto Rossi Dear David, Gustav Steensland As I write to you, I will just mention that A search on IMPA with the word “lantern” for contributing to this months issue. we at the VID Historical Archives, section shows 2144 items, most likely lantern slides: Mission Archives in Stavanger, recently http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/search/ counted our holdings of lantern slides. We collection/p15799coll123/searchterm/lantern/ Now it’s your turn to share! have approx. 6.400 slides, and they belong field/all/mode/all/conn/and/order/nosort? Do you have a favorite site or a collection of mostly to the collection of the Norwegian images you would like to share with the rest Mission Society (NMS). This organization There is also now a national project in Norway of the society? was founded in Stavanger in 1842, sending to establish the total inventory of lantern slides If your answer is yes! Send site information missionaries to several countries from 1843 in archival repositories, museums and libraries. or your images to Larry and they will be onwards (to South Africa, Madagascar, The National Library has some lantern slides shared in the next E-pub newsletter. China, Cameroon, etc). We have a sample listed with the keyword “glassdias”, such as http://www.nb.no/nbsok/search?page=0&me E-mail Larry slide on our website: http://www.mhs.no/ arkiv/article?274. We also have a good nuOpen=false&instant=true&action=search& number of slides from Keystone, USA. currentHit=-1¤tSesamid=&deweyClas s=&deweyLevel=0&deweyMenuOpen=false Welcome Returning We are in the process of publishing the &searchString=glassdias. As of yet there is no 1500 slides related to China, and they consistent term in Norway for lantern slides, Member will be available at International Mission so this makes search difficult. Perhaps we can Photography Archive (IMPA). See http:// work towards more consistent cataloging, digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/landingpage/ collection/p15799coll123. Our current Kind regards, Shalyn Claggett selection is found under the former name of our institution: School of Mission and Gustav Steensland Chief Archivist Associate Professor of English Theology (owned and operated by NMS since 1843). VID Historical Archives Mississippi State University https://www.vid.no/en/historical-archive/ (our Treasurer, Interdisciplinary Nineteenth- new site is under construction....) Century Studies (INCS)

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